document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=252246>Question 252246</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Susan left her home, on foot, at 9:00 am at 1.5 mph. At 10:00 am her friend,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "following the same route, ran at 5.25 mph to meet her. How many minutes, after<BR>\n" );
document.write( "10:00 am, did the two friends meet? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "following the same route, ran at 5.25 mph to meet her. How many minutes, after<BR>\n" );
document.write( "10:00 am, did the two friends meet?<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Apply the distance formula:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "d = rt<BR>\n" );
document.write( "d is distance<BR>\n" );
document.write( "r is rate or speed<BR>\n" );
document.write( "t is time<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Let x = minutes after 10 am when the two friends meet<BR>\n" );
document.write( "then<BR>\n" );
document.write( "1.5(x/60 + 1) = 5.25(x/60)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Multiplying both sides by 60:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "1.5(x + 60) = 5.25x<BR>\n" );
document.write( "1.5x + 90 = 5.25x<BR>\n" );
document.write( "90 = 3.75x<BR>\n" );
document.write( "24 minutes = x<BR>\n" );
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